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Petroineos is set to shut down its Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland to convert it into a fuels import terminal as it faces growing international competition.
The 150,000 barrel per day refinery, Scotland's only oil refinery and one of six in Britain, is expected to continue operating until spring 2025, PetroIneos said in a statement.
Although it is a major supplier of fuels, such as…
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Lhyfe has announced the development of a green hydrogen plant (production capacity of up to 5 tonnes/day) in Spain for which it has been awarded a grant of up to €14 million from H2 Pioneros.
This plant will be Lhyfe’s first green hydrogen production site in Spain, while seven sites are currently under construction in Europe.
Lhyfe has about 200 employees dedicated entirely to renewable…
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Uganda and Tanzania have agreed to carry out a feasibility study for a pipeline linking gas fields to the former, Reuters highlighted.
Tanzania has an estimated 57.5 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas and uses some of it to produce 64% of the 1,872 MW electricity on the grid, according to the ministry of energy. Uganda has an installed generating capacity of about 1,500 MW reliant…
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PGNiG Upstream Norway is set to assume control of the entire operations of the hydrocarbon producer KUFPEC Norway.
Following this transaction, the ORLEN Group's natural gas output in Norway will increase by one-third - reaching over 4 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually.
Daily hydrocarbon production is anticipated to surpass 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) by the end of 2024.
The…
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Natural gas supplies to Europe by Russian energy giant Gazprom were down 6.7% in the first half of November from their levels last month.
The calculations, based on data from European gas transmission group Entsog and Gazprom's daily reports on gas transit via Ukraine, showed that average daily pipeline exports of Russian gas to Europe declined to 82.5 million cubic metres (mcm) in the first…
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The Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project has been allowed to resume work in a wetland area near Abbotsford, British Columbia, Reuters reported.
The project was given the go-ahead again after correcting issues raised by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).
Earlier this month, the CER ordered a stop on an 800-meter stretch after inspectors found several environmental and safety-related…
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Topsoe has signed a contract with Allied to deliver its dynamic green ammonia technology for a project in Gove, Northern Territory, Australia.
The produced green ammonia is intended to be exported from Gove to the expanding South East Asian markets where demand for e-fuels continues to grow.
Production is planned to start in 2028 - targeting a capacity of 2,500 metric tonnes.
Topsoe is also…
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Dragos has signed a MoU with Aramco to help protect critical industrial assets and infrastructure for Aramco and its affiliates in Saudi Arabia.
The MoU aims to support Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 pillar to build a thriving, increasingly diverse economy, in part enabled by secure digital transformation that supports private sector growth and investment.
It includes initiatives aimed at…
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TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with TexGen, a US-based company to acquire for $635 million (€593 million) three gas-fired power plants with a total capacity of 1.5 GW in Texas.
The three plants, which are connected to ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas), the second largest power market in the United States, consist of the following the Wolf Hollow I plant with a 745 MW…
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Lhyfe has signed a sales agreement with HYmpulsion - the company in charge of deploying hydrogen infrastructure under the Zero Emission Valley (ZEV) project in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The ZEV project, launched in 2017, aims to develop a profitable and sustainable carbon-free mobility chain across the region by simultaneously deploying green hydrogen production, storage and distribution…
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Wanner International has sold 15 pumps to Ukrainian oil and gas production company - the Representative Office of Regal Petroleum Corporation Limited.
The Hydra-Cell Pros are being deployed in a wide range of environments, from -12oC to +45oC - and are pumping a wide range of fluids, from methanol, brine water, gas condensate and a corrosion inhibitor.
They are carrying out a wide range of…
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Aspen Technology has expanded its relationship with OMV Group to help accelerate the international integrated oil and gas company's energy transition initiatives and its path to achieving net-zero targets.
The selection of AspenTech as its strategic innovation partner is the culmination of a long-term relationship dating back more than two decades.
The first stage joining digital initiatives…
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PGNiG Upstream Norway from ORLEN Group has discovered additional gas reserves near the producing Gina Krog field.
The discovered additional resources are estimated to 0.8-2.6 million cubic meters oil equivalents. By using the existing production infrastructure, it will be possible to start exploitation of the new resources later this year.
Daniel Obajtek, president of the management board of…
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bp has successfully started production from the Seagull oil and gas field in the UK North Sea.
Seagull has been developed by Neptune Energy as a subsea tieback to the bp-operated central processing facility (CPF) of the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) in the central North Sea, around 140 miles east of Aberdeen.
The project supported 800 jobs through the development phase.
“bp has…
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ITT Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire privately held Svanehøj Group for $395 million (€367 million).
Svanehøj will become part of ITT’s Industrial Process (IP) segment, a global leader in flow focused on highly engineered pumps, valves and aftermarket services.
Svanehøj, based in Svenstrup, Denmark, is a supplier of pumps and related aftermarket services with leading positions in…
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ABB has signed a partnership deal with Canadian-based Computer Modelling Group (CMG) – a global simulation technology company that has been involved in carbon capture for over 20 years – to incorporate subsurface modelling into their existing digital twin technology for commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations.
Being able to simulate scenarios at every stage of the captured…
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Valmet will supply a biomass plant to Göteborg Energi in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Göteborg Energi is building a new plant to produce energy and district heat from renewable and recovered sources by 2025.
The order will be included in Valmet’s orders received of the fourth quarter 2023. The value of the order will not be disclosed.
“The new plant is a milestone for us and the last step in…
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RAKGAS has appointed Kent as the project management consultant (PMC) for a new pipeline in the Northern Emirates.
The pipeline will stretch from Taweelah Fujairah Pipeline to Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), with a connection to the Sajaa gas storage in Sharjah.
The deal was signed at ADIPEC and forms part of its strategic development for a new gas pipeline.
Kent will be responsible for coordinating…
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